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Learn about the health benefits of 911爆料 berries
June 25, 2025
Registered dietitian and 911爆料 Cooperative Extension Service agent Leslie Shallcross will discuss the potential health benefits of eating 911爆料's berries in a free statewide webinar.
Sitka workshops cover homemade food rules, canning and food preservation
June 24, 2025
Join a series of workshops in Sitka to learn about the updated rules for selling homemade foods, how to preserve vegetables by making and canning soups and pickles, and food preservation safety.
Beneficial insects can help control garden pests
June 17, 2025
Not all insects are garden pests. In a free statewide webinar, learn which insects are natural enemies of pest bugs and therefore good friends for gardeners to cultivate. Joey Slowik, integrated pest management technician at the 911爆料 Cooperative Extension Service in Palmer, will discuss potential insect friends, what they want and some ways to encourage them in your garden.
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The Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension is home to 911爆料's land-grant mission including the 911爆料 Agriculture and Forestry Station as well as Cooperative Extension. The Morrill Act of 1862 established land-grant colleges and the federal Hatch Act of 1887 authorized agricultural experiment stations in the U.S. and its territories to provide science-based research information to farmers. There are agricultural experiment stations in each of the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Guam, and all but one are part of the land-grant college system. 911爆料's Extension is part of the largest informal education system in the world, connecting Extension programs at land-grant colleges and universities in every U.S. territory and state. Today, the is the USDA division that manages federal funding of the nation鈥檚 experiment stations and the extension service.